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Dataphyte investigation found that illiterate and semi-literate hawkers are prescribing drugs for and holding consultations with individuals in Ogun State communities – making millions of naira in the process.
However, Nigeria, as a country, needs to produce 3.4 million metric tonnes of fish yearly to meet local demand, but at the moment, it has produced 1.2 million metric tonnes of fish. That is about a 1.4 metric tonnes target yet to be met.
Despite the award of an N117.634 million contract to Shenuus Solid Minerals Limited for the expansion of GDSS Mabera, students and teachers continued to live in unhabitable environment.
The blasting often has a negative effect on the school building. However, it is having a devastating impact on school children, who are already beginning to have hearing difficulties.
………Pregnant women, children bear the brunt
However, a number of them are subjected to inhumane treatments, with some getting disabled as a result of accidents that happen while on duty.
Revealing the revenue or earnings alone does not tell the whole story. The reporter tried to identify cost components for Abakiliki rice farmers. Rice farmers who spoke with the reporter identified six to seven items worrying players in Ebonyi.
Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, was promised a lifeline in the form of Greater Abuja Water Supply Project, which was aimed at providing clean drinking water to its growing population. The project, funded by the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA), has been delayed, pushing the city’s 3.8 million inhabitants into despair. From patronising water vendors to improvised wells, a quiet revolution has emerged as residents navigate the arduous path to secure a basic human necessity. In this report, Dataphyte delved into the reasons behind the project’s delay and the heart-wrenching struggles faced by the affected residents.
She lamented that the only intervention the community had got from the government or any group was bags of rice shared after the 2022 floods. Even the bags of rice only got to a few residents. She had never seen the government carry out any project to mitigate flooding in the community, she said.
A visit revealed that equipment at the stadium station of the metro rail has been carted away by hoodlums. Industrial electrical cables as well as air conditioners, among other things, have been moved away without any trace.
“I suffer a lot, there are times that the rocks remove my house roofing, and you can see the roofing sheet they come with, the blasting has continued to happen” she noted.
The state government awarded contracts for the renovation of six classrooms and re- roofing of schools worth ₦123 million.
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Dataphyte visited Kofawe Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Ondo State to investigate the state of services and facilities. One official, Ms Omobimpe Oladunjoye, who was the only person working at the health centre, narrated how floods destroyed the PHC which serves about 15,000 persons in the community.
Given this development, it is obvious that Nigeria has a lot of work to do in its waste management practices. As human activity in the environment increases, the 5Rs of waste management — Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle need to be prioritized for a formidable and livable world.
A villager. Ms Josephine Deko, said she had had a series of skin diseases due to the type of water she had used for bathing.
